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Clarkson scores in YoungStars Game; East claims SuperSkills

David Clarkson's goal in the 2008 YoungStars Game helped send the Eastern All-Stars to a 9-6 victory over the Western All-Stars in Saturday's SuperSkills competition in Atlanta.

EVENT 1 – OBSTACLE COURSE

Scoring: For each relay they team wil receive two (2) points for successfully stick handling through the pucks, one (1) point for each saucer pass that enters the net, one (1) point for each one-time attempt that hits the target in the net, and one (1) point for each goalie shot that enters the net. The team in each round that has the most points, receives one (1) goal towards the team’s overall score in the competition.

Western All-Stars

Eastern All-Stars

Relay 1

Points

Relay 1

Points

Henrik Sundin, Van.

Jason Spezza, Ottawa

Joe Thornton, San Jose

Marc Savard, Boston

Chris Pronger, Anaheim

Sergei Gonchar, Pittsburgh

Chris Osgood, Detroit

Tim Thomas, Boston

TOTAL POINTS

TOTAL POINTS

Goal:

Goal:

X

Relay 2

Relay 2

Corey Perry, Anaheim

2

Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh

0

Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit

4

Mike Richards, Philadelphia

3

Ed Jovanovski, Phoenix

0

Andrei Markov, Montreal

2

Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose

1

Rick DiPietro, N.Y. Islanders

3

TOTAL POINTS

7

TOTAL POINTS

8

Goal:

Goal:

X

Score: 0 goals

Score: 2 goals

EVENT 2 – FASTEST SKATER

Scoring: One (1) goal is awarded to the team with the lowest average time in the preliminary heats. One (1) goal is awarded to the team of the sakter who wins the final head-to-head heat between the fastest skaters from each conference.

Scoring: Two (2) goals are awarded to the team of the player who wins the shootout.

Qualifying Round

Western All-Stars

Eastern All-Stars

Round 1

Goals

Round 1

Goals

Rick Nash, Columbus

0

Marian Hossa, Atlanta

0

Dion Phaneuf, Calgary

1

Vincent Lecavalier, T.B.

0

vs. East Goalie Tomas Vokoun, Florida

vs. West Goalie Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose

Round 2

Goals

Round 2

Goals

Mike Ribeiro, Dallas

0

Scott Gomez, N.Y. Rangers

1

Marian Gaborik, Minnesota

0

Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh

1

vs. East Goalie Rick DiPietro, N.Y. Islanders

vs. West Goalie Chris Osgood, Detroit

Round 3

Goals

Round 3

Goals

Corey Perry, Anaheim

0

Eric Staal, Carolina

0

Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit

0

Kimmo Timonen, Phila.

1

vs. East Goalie Tim Thomas, Boston

vs. West Goalie Manny Legace, St. Louis

Elimination Round

Round 1

Goals

Round 1

Goals

Dion Phaneuf, Calgary

1

Scott Gomez, N.Y. Rangers

0

Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh

0

Kimmo Timonen, Phila.

0

vs. East Goalie Tim Thomas, Boston

vs. West Goalie Manny Legace, St. Louis

TOTAL GOALS

1

TOTAL GOALS

0

Score: 4 goals

Score: 3 goals

EVENT 4 – YOUNGSTARS GAME

Scoring: One (1) goal is awarded to the team that wins the first period, one (1) goal is awarded to the team that wins the second period (YoungStars roster)

Western All-Stars

Score

Eastern All-Stars

Score

2

1st Period

6

4

2nd Period

1

Score: 5 goals

Score: 4 goals

EVENT 5 - ACCURACY SHOOTING

Scoring: One goal is awarded to the team with most targets hit in fewest shots in the qualifying round. If both teams have the same number of targets hit in the fewest attempts, then both teams will receive one (1) goal. One goal is awarded to the team of the shooter in the head-to-head challenge who has the most hits in the fewest attempts. If the two shooters are still tied after three (3) tiebreaker attempts, then each team will receive one (1) goal.

Western All-Stars

Eastern All-Stars

Shooter

/

Shooter

/

Jason Arnott, Nashville

4/6

Tomas Kaberle, Toronto

4/4

Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit

3/8

Eric Staal, Carolina

4/6

Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim

3/8

Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa

2/8

Jarome Iginla, Calgary

4/7

Marian Hossa, Atlanta

4/7

Total Hits/Attempts

14/29

Total Hits/Attempts

14/25

One-on-One Final

Jason Arnott, Nashville

3/4

Tomas Kaberle, Toronto

3/4*

Passers

Passers

Joe Thornton, San Jose

Jason Spezza, Ottawa

Henrik Sedin, Vancouver

Kimmo Timonen, Phila.

Goal (individual):

Goal (individual):

X

Goal (team):

Goal (team):

X

Score: 5 goals

Score: 6 goals

* Kaberle won in playoff

EVENT 6 – HARDEST SHOT

Scoring: The team with the best average score in mph, determined by using each participant’s highest recorded shot, will receive one (1) goal. The player with the highest recorded shot in mph will be deemed the individual winner and his team will receive one (1) goal. In the event of a tie, the player with the highest mph average will be declared the winner and have one (1) goal awarded to his team. If there is a tie in the average score of the teams, each team will be awarded one (1) goal.

Western All-Stars

MPH

Eastern All-Stars

MPH

Jason Arnott, Nashville

99.1/100.3

Alex Ovechkin, Wash.

98.3/95.6

Jarome Iginla, Calgary

95.7/miss

Vincent Lecavalier, T.B.

101.9/98.6

Dion Phaneuf, Calgary

94.6/96.2

Andrei Markov, Montreal

95.9/96.9

Chris Pronger, Anaheim

99.5/99.7

Zdeno Chara, Boston

101.4/103.1

Western Average:

98.0

Eastern Average:

100.1

Goal (individual): __ Goal (average): __

Goal (individual): X Goal (average): X

Score: 5 goals

Score: 8 goals

EVENT 7 – BREAKAWAY CHALLENGE

Scoring: The team with the best average score in the qualifying round will receive one (1) goal. The team of the shooter who wins the final will receive one (1) goal.